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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why are you letting him live at home and not pay rent, not work, and not go to school? [/quote]

He is seeing a therapist and he is on medication. He has an illness. If he was blowing off the therapist that might be a different story.

Does he share anything about what is going on with his therapy? When my adult son was in therapy he didn't give me blow by blow necessarily but he was fine talking about it generally.

Ask if he would be willing to have you meeting with him and the therapist to discuss progress and plans. You are a partner in his recovery since you are providing a home for him and I assume covering the insurance and costs. Alternatively, although the therapist cannot give you information without his consent, you can certainly let them know that as the parent you don't want to interfere with or undermine therapy but because this is a college age kid who is struggling and it is summer you think it would be helpful to figure out the outline of what should be happening now and when fall comes. Plus you want to be able to support the therapist's recommendations. The therapist can then bring this up with your son and they can decide how to approach things.

If he had a physical illness or injury and needed rehab, it would be perfectly normal for you to participate in some conversations about prognosis and expectations so you can provide appropriate support.

That's where I would start. Why figure this out by yourself when there is an actual professional (probable two unless the therapist is also the prescriber) involved? [/quote]

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